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a BURNISHING MACHINE FOR BOOTS OR SHOES. No. 361,805.

P tented Apr. 26, 1887;

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UNITED STATES PATENT Orric.

FREDERICK P. BALDWIN, OF ELMIRA, NEW YORK.

BURNISHING-MACHINE FOR BOOTS OR SHOES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 361,805, dated April 26, 1887.

Application filed June 15, 1886.

To (LZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREDERICK P. BALD- WIN, of Elmira, in the county of Ohemung and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Burnishing-Ma chines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in burmshing-machines, and more particularly in machines for burnishing the soles and heels of boots or shoes.

The object is to provide a simple, durable, and effective machine for burnishing the edges of the sole and heel, and at the same time milling them or providing them with aneat or ornamental finish.

Vith these ends in view my invention conslsts in certain features of construction and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view of the machine set up for use,with the sole-burnishing disk attached thereto. Fig. 2 1s a section taken longitudinally through the disk-shaft, showing the two sections of the burnisher-disk and milling wheel or disk separated; and Fig. 3 represents the heel-burnishing disk as applied to the heel ofa shoe.

A represents a supportingstandard provided with aflanged base for securing it to the floor or to a table, platform, or other support. Its upper end is provided with a pair of branches, B, in which are journaled one or more shafts, C. If more than one, they are preferably parallel to each other and located at such a distance apart that a boot or shoe may be readily moved around between or among them in contact with a disk 011 one of them without interfering with a disk or disks on the other or others.

In the bases of the branches B is journaled a driving,- shaft, which is itself driven by a drive-wheel, E, secured on ashaft, e, j ournaled in an opening, a, at or near the base of the standard A.

The rotary movement of the wheel E is transmitted to the shaft D by means of abelt, I), which connects the wheel E with a pulley, d, on the shaft D.

One end of the shaft 0, or the corresponding ends of the shafts G, are cranked, as shown at c, and their wristpins are connected with a shorter crank or with awrist-pin secured to a disk, F, on the-end of the shaft I) by a pit man, f.

The above construction and arrangement of supporting standard and shafts is one of many convenient forms which might be employed, the gist of the arrangement being simply a driving crank or eccentric connected with a longer crank on the disk-shaft,whereby a continuous rotary motion of the driving-shaft shall producea reciprocating movement ofthe disk-shaft.

The object of having two or more disk-shafts is simply to have at hand, ready for immediate use, disks of more than one size to suit the thicker portions of the ball of the sole and the thinner portions of the shank, and also, if found desirable, to provide for the heel-bun nishing disk without replacing the sole-burnishing disk by it.

The burnishing-tool consists of two disk-sections, H. and h, the former provided with a bevel-faced flange, I, adapted to engage the lower corner of the sole, and with a cylindrical or slightly-convex portion, 1, adapted to burnish the edge of the sole, and the latter with a bevel -faeed flange, 2', adapted to engage the seat or upper side of the sole which projects beyond the shoe-upper.

The sectionH is locked to the shaft 0 in different rotary adjustments by means of a series of notches, k, on the end of its hub,which are adaptedto mesh with a corresponding series of notches, Z, in the side of a collar, L, secured to the shaft 0 by means of a set-screw, Z, or other suitable device.

The face of the section II-is provided with a cylindrical projection, M, its axis being in the same line with the axis of the disk, the said projection being adapted to form a bearing for the milling-wheel'hhwhich is loosely mounted thereon. The section h of the burnisher-disk is secured to the end of the projection M, and both sections H and h arelocked in the desired rotary adjustment to the shaft and collar L by a screw, 0, which extends centrally through the said sections and wheel and into a threaded perforation in the end of the shaft. The section h is further locked against a rotary move ICO ment independently of the section H by one or more studs ordowels, 1?, preferably two, set in the end of the projection M, and adapted to enter perforations or sockets p in the section h.

As the two sections H andh of the burnisher are simultaneously rocked back and forth on the edge of the sole the milling-wheel N will remain at rest, and will rotate only when the shoe is moved along relatively to the burnisher, when its teeth or other devices for ornamenting or finishing the sole will leave their imprint.

By means of the adjustable collar L and the series of notches on the collar and disk-section the burnisher-disk may be adjusted to bring any portion of its periphery into contact with a shoe held in a given position, and may therefore bereadily made to wear equally on all sides.

While burnishing the sole of the shoe, the shoe is conveniently held in the hands of the operator; but when burnishing the heel, it is found advantageous to employ a rest. This may conveniently consist of a wheel or roller, Q, loosely mounted on a suitable support attached to the main frame of the machine at the proper proximity to the heelburnisher.

It is evident that slight changes might be resorted to in the form and arrangements ofthe several parts described without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention; hence I do not wish to limit myself strictly to the construction herein set forth; but,

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a burnishing-machine, the combination, with a rockshaft, of a two-scction burbination, with a rock-shaft, of a two-part burnisher-disk secured thereon, the hub of one part of said disk being provided with a series of notches adapted to interlock with a corresponding series of notches on a collar secured to the shaft, whereby the burnisher-disk may be locked in different rotary adjustments, substantially as set forth.

3. In a shoe-burnishing machine, the combination, with a two-section burnishing-disk secured to a rock-shaft, of a milling or ornamenting wheel having a free rotary movement between the sections ofthe burnishing-disk, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination, with the inner section of the burnishing-disk provided with a cylindrical projection on its outer face, of the milling or ornamenting wheel loosely mounted on the said projection and the outer or seat burnishing section adapted to be secured to the end of the said projection and thereby lock the milling orornamenting wheel in position, substantially as set forth. I

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FREDERICK P. BALDWVIN.

Witnesses:

FRED H. MILLs, H. F. BUsH. 

